" Liam! What the heck is that? " Linda asks as she and the others; May and Stacry, run towards him in the middle of the field. “ A warning. ” Liam replies solemnly as he gazes at it, which happens to be the only cloud in the sky. It soon caught a lot of attention from the students as some point at it, others running out of their lodges to catch a glimpse of the mysterious symbol very slowly swirling in the distance. “ What's the possibility that that is just a natural rare cloud formation phenomenon and nothing for us to worry about? ” Stacey asks nervously. “ I really hope so. ” Liam replies. ** Or probably less than 24 hours. ** The thought crossed his mind. “ And if it's not? ” May asks. “ Then we would have about three days to one week to escape. It all depends on Jason. ” Liam says, supporting himself on the soft grasses on the ground. “ We always knew that we did not have a lot of time left. But that, if it's what we think it is, is just a clear r
Episode 1 Sounds of chaos echoes everywhere; glasses breaking, women, children, and even full-grown men could be heard running for their lives as endless screams chases after them. Suddenly, light lits up an empty warehouse dimly as a door opens up. A lady gradually walks in, seemingly undisturbed by the chaos happening all around her. She is clothed in black with dark long hair, and a hood hung over her face. ** “Don't be scared.” ** she said ** “I'm really not the one you should be afraid of” ** The sounds of agony spike, until it gradually calms. She slowly raises her head, revealing pitch-black scars that covered her eyes from her forehead down to her chin. ** “Your time is not yet due. But you should learn how to fly while it hasn't yet reached.” ** Bending her head to allow the hood to cover up her face, she stands still and lets the dim light reflect her shadowy body. ** " We were all once students, attending classes, camps and just having fun. Just like you”** ** " T
They covered several meters running before they could stop to breathe properly "I … I only told him” she managed to say while panting heavily “to check it out! Not to walk right into it.” " Hey! … calm down it's not your fault,” Mike said reassuringly. "It's not my fault! Jason is dead Mike” May shouted at him, there was grief written all over her face and her heart kept pounding heavily as tears kept pouring out of her eyes. She was too sad to notice that Mike barely showed any emotion at all, but only heard his reassuring words. He managed to calm her down enough to walk to the female students' lodge after several hours. Later, Mike noiselessly entered his room and fell on his bed, exhausted. The room was lit up and painted white with the rest of the rooms in the camp. He then picked up a magazine, about to dive in, when a knock interrupted him. “ Who is that?” “ It's me, Mike!” Liam, his childhood best friend, and classmate answered as he entered the room. He is still dressed
May woke up very early in the morning, which was very unusual for her. Turning to her bedside, she opened her school bag and brought out her wristwatch from where it was buried beneath her books. “ 6 o'clock already !” she exclaimed, “argh! My head is on fire,” she said, lying back on her bed and putting her hands on her forehead. She felt like she had cried her eyes out. Putting her thoughts aside, she took a shower in the bathroom embedded in her room and freshened up. Today will be a big day for her, so she thought about all that Liam said to her the day before and… “Hi, May” Stacey called from the wide-open door, making May shudder in surprise. “ Damn it, Stacey! Don't you know how to knock or have you forgotten how to use your hands properly, "she exclaimed, forgetting that she had never locked her door. “ Blah blah blah,” Stacey said sitting on her bed enthusiastically, “so tell me, what was Liam doing in your room last night ?” she asked, making May roll her eyes away. She n
May after the incident in the woods with Jason was feeling very scared and could only think of going home. *Jason has been possessed how long will it take before we all will be possessed * she thought to herself as she walked into the school camp like a poisoned rat. *I know what to do, I'll tell the school management... But they will probably think am crazy but I have to try * She thought feeling very sad for Jason *if only I did not dare him to check out the sand he would have been normal* she thought to herself before staggering to the management office. Some student laughed at her movement oblivious to what she witnessed. "Hello there! How may we help you" the principal said when the disoriented May entered the office without proper permission "Jason..." breathing hard "What's wrong with Jason," the director asked "Yesterday as we were hiking in the woods we came across... then hands from the earth started grabbing him we had to run away for our lives... Then this evening I
Throwing charcoal into the fire, which sparked violently to stir up the drama, she continued her tale in the dead silent night. **"Long ago, several decades before this camp came into existence, there was a village here named Agrona. It was located exactly where this campsite sits and it was one of the smallest in the entire kingdom of Asteria. It contained a cheerful community whereby people go about their day to day lives without knowing that shortly they will be living in a land closest to death than any other community in the entire kingdom. The men worked, the women cooked, and the children played in perfect peace and harmony. However, oblivious to them, the rest of the kingdom were battling a malignant illness "the black death" that was unknown to all the physicians in the entire kingdom. To say that that was their only problem is a huge understatement. There was a great famine and crime along with hunger were be
"Good morning James, how was your night ?" Dr. Henry greeted"it was splendid Henry, yours ?""very nice" The two doctors chatted peacefully at the Hillside Hospital quite close to the school camp.They were on with their coffee break, just a few feet close to an empty bed in the patient's ward.Then suddenly a blinding flash got them up from their seats."what the heck...!?"" Geez!! What is that?" they individually exclaimed in shock.There lying on the empty bed was a young teenage boy with his face, neck, and chest region peeling off and fading into thin air. The poor boy's face was now unrecognizable and his rib cage was clearly visible. The boy who is Mike was now shaking and screaming at the top of his voice In excruciating pain, plus both palms have faded away leaving his blood fading through his hands "Oh my Gosh! Is that a zombie...What the heck is that" astonished Dr. James screamed as he lifts Mike's arm with gloves on his hands which faded instantly. Jumping backward te
**"It was all as if it was in a nightmare that I've waited to wake up from, but it wasn't "****"Jason took something very dear to me and I couldn't think of anything else but vengeance. The grief that concealed me was beyond anything that I could have ever imagined.I never thought Jason possessed or not could do such a thing.But I and Mike weren't always like that. Our relationship is something you may call "complicated" It was never meant to be, but somehow it worked. It all started when I was new to Raymond High"**"May Anderson! please report to the principal's office"**" And that day was just like any other new school day "**"Good morning May! here's your student's ID welcome to our school""thank you, sir!"May replied taking it from the principal's hand"Mr. Martin !"" Yes, sir" A male teacher standing patiently by the principal's side answered." He will direct you to your class!" The principal said to May."thank you, sir!" May replies, smiling in gratitude“ Alright, righ
" Liam! What the heck is that? " Linda asks as she and the others; May and Stacry, run towards him in the middle of the field. “ A warning. ” Liam replies solemnly as he gazes at it, which happens to be the only cloud in the sky. It soon caught a lot of attention from the students as some point at it, others running out of their lodges to catch a glimpse of the mysterious symbol very slowly swirling in the distance. “ What's the possibility that that is just a natural rare cloud formation phenomenon and nothing for us to worry about? ” Stacey asks nervously. “ I really hope so. ” Liam replies. ** Or probably less than 24 hours. ** The thought crossed his mind. “ And if it's not? ” May asks. “ Then we would have about three days to one week to escape. It all depends on Jason. ” Liam says, supporting himself on the soft grasses on the ground. “ We always knew that we did not have a lot of time left. But that, if it's what we think it is, is just a clear r
**" “ Hey, Liam! ” little Mike calls as he ran towards his friend in the enormous playground they were in. “ Hi! Did the plan work? ” Liam asks nonchalantly. "Absolutely," replied Mike with a mischievous grin. “ You're a genius! Almost everyone is coming. ”Mike chuckled, appreciating the outcome of their plan. "Great job, Mike! Now we can have an amazing time with all our friends here." Liam smiles. “ But Liam... ” Mike pauses, wearing a worried look on his face. “ Yeah? ” “ Do you sometimes feel that the plan is going too well?” “ Huh? ”Liam pales, his brow furrowing deeper. “ Like when what you worked so hard for is finally paying off, but then you feel a tight knot in your stomach that something is about to go terribly wrong? ” “ What? ” Liam eyes grew wide open. "** “ STOP THAT DAMNED BUS! ” The yelling permeated his consciousness. He turns his head along with other students and sees the principal rushing towards the buses.
Miss Claire lies head bent sleeping on her desk, but suddenly, black specks of dust of dark matter gradually sip out of her onto the desk. It escalates until the entire table is covered in waves of dark matter. Then at a point two hands rose from the sand and forcefully grabs her by the hair, jerking her awake. She screams out of fear but soon realizes it was just a dream. But how much of it was? Touching her face softly, She could vividly remember the cold feeling of the palm on her face, and that very day that sand seemed to sip out of her body onto the desk. The memory still haunts her, and she wishes she had spoken up, but who really would believe such nonsense? So she tried her best to swallow it up, convincing herself that it was just a nightmare. But the suit. **Clothes don't just disappear after a few days of removing it does it?** she asks herself, grasping the chair's arm as she allows those memories back into her mind. Right after she returns to her
“ How's May doing? ” he help her out finally by asking. That gave her the boost she needed. She was doing this for her best friend. Her one and only friend that this moron hurt so deeply. “ She's furious with you! ” she snapped. Her eyes locked on to his renewed boldness it lacked before. The cool-headed Liam was stunned at the sudden change of emotion. Those green eyes of hers were fixed on his, with no single sign of shyness he had ever seen in any girl's gaze before. “ She is, is she? ” he asks, forced to look away. “ You lunatic! You didn't think anyone would find out. She literally dated her rapist for years, don't you have any dignity left? ” She charged at him in anger. “ I'm sorry Stacey. But I'm still mourning his death, please let's do this sometime later. ” He replied calmly, wiping off droplets of tears from his eyes with the back of his hand. Stacey jolted with pity. She didn't think that he was burying all that hurt and regret in his hea
May wakes up the following day in her warm bed. She sat and rubbed her eyes while the sunlight bathed the room. After freshening up, she leaves. “ So you're saying that dark matter is an actual creature, that wants to destroy the whole world or something? ” Stacey asks when May concluded her story as they head to the dining. “ I dunno what is it it wants, but it just fills you with hate and revenge. Making you feel like that's the only thing in the world that you need. ” “ That's creepy!” she shivered. “ And he can control you too? ” She asks. At this point, Stacey was willing to believe her even if she mentions seeing walking-dead people. “ Yeah. But you still have a measure of control, it is your body. But, it would be very difficult. Imagine, we've given Jason so much reason to hate and want to get revenge on us that I doubt we have a week to plan our escape. ” May says they got to their table, their breakfast being served simultaneously. “ Geez, we sh
** “ Stop! Stop moving damn it! ”** ** “ What the heck is going on? I can't control my body. ”** ** “ My sight turned on and off as my feet mechanically moved back to the camp.I've literally been fighting with every part of me. My body, my mind, my heart.I keep trying to find reasons not to get revenge but that was all I was filled with.I was bombarded with only the pain, the regret I felt. Rage overwhelmed me, and I had all the power to exert it.But the mayhem, the agony, I cannot bring them here too. ”**May fought, as flashbacks of all the horrors that happened in the Philippines bombarded her. The scarred faces, the screams, and the death that was spread, and in the middle of it stood the cause. A twelve-year-old girl with dead soulless eyes.“I can't! ” she muttered, tears streaming down the dark empty voids that replaced her eyes. This was the most scared she had ever been throughout her life.Dark Matter popped up her veins, making it as dark as hell a
Jason returns to the newly found buried treasure ( the library ) immediately after the announcement not to leave the campgrounds made by Miss Claire. As he dives into one of the books there, he quickly realized how much he missed the gentle pounding of his heart due to excitement, and the growing suspense inside him in expectation of what he was about to dive into. But perhaps being possessed by a cold soulless creature isn't that bad after all. The thought came across his mind. It has its perks. He didn't feel sey or afraid, he had inhuman strength and he was almost indestructible. Wasn't he just shot in the head? But yet he was still alive. Even still, he didn't like losing almost all his emotions and killing innocent people. Damn! What happened to Mike? And what will happen if they find out about the people he killed? All these thoughts interrupted him from his reading as he looked forward absent-minded. _____ “ Wha... What do you mean you
Another special morning for Jason as he opens his eyes for another Dark Matter free day. He takes a refreshing warm bath and made his way outside.The serenity and the cool breeze felt so wonderful. Then his stomach growled. He felt like there was a battle going on. A smile drew across his face as he salivates in expectation since it has been a long since he tasted anything.Quickly, he headed over to the dining and positioned himself at the quietest table there. As usual, his food was served. An incredibly beautiful fried chicken begged him to eat it, along with rice. Of course, he couldn't reject its wish, so he ate it all a little bit too fast, not minding the souls around him. He kept on eating plate after plate even though his stomach begged him to stop. After almost finishing an elephant's share, he collapsed on his chair and had to rest there for an hour for his body to proceed with what the heck just happened.After that, he stood up and walked out of the dining hall. The
Epilogue “ Alright gang, now that's been taken care of. I have good news to share. ” Intel announced, standing in front of her team. They were all sitting on beach sofas surrounding her, as she addressed them standing. All in human form. “ Once cutie returns we'd finally be able to leave. Right after we take care of whatever the heck is waiting for us. ” She continued. “ Yippee!” Tink exclaimed. “ Just to be clear we're never coming back? ” April asks. “ No. ” Intel replies. “ Guys, I'll NEVER put you in this kind of dangerous situation ever again. I promise! ” she continued emotionally. “ This will be our last few months on this planet. First, get off your butts,” she says, making them all stand. “ We gotta clear this island first. So get ready to kick some butts. ” She cheered with a vicious smile. Tink reloads her gun. Her eyes were silver without the glasses. “ Just to be clear, we're not giving the infected holondias?” she asks. “ No, they're goners. Don't waste it. ” Apr